Private Alexander Stuart
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1878-11-16
Place of birth: Gartly Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: George Stuart, father Collithie, Gartly, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Stonemason
Occupation (normalized): Stonemason (Construction)
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1920-01-29
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Brookside Cemetery, Mil. 258.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 153307
Highest Rank:
Private
(43rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Gartly War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 420290
LAC ID:
256867
Service file: B9392-S053
Uploader's Notes:
Son of George Stuart, of 38A, Nelson St., Huntly, Scotland, and the late Jane Stuart; husband of Margaret Stuart, of 379, Rosedale Avenue, Winnipeg, Man.
1881 Census 198 Gartly 1/27 : Collithie Cottage
1891 Census 198 Gartly 1/26 : Collithie Cottage
Uploader's Research notes: Alexander Stuart was a member of an Active Militia, the 79th Regiment, Cameron Highlanders of Canada, when he enlisted at Winnipeg. He died in 1920 as a result of wounds he received in action at Ypres in June 1916. His father was, for many years, a farm servant at Collithie before moving into Huntly. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20